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also, middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq, and the israel/palestinian peace process. part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend, hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation and watch our series "american artifacts" and learn which artifact teaches about the past. 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> next weekend, head to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson in jefferson city, missouri. literary life with book tv on c-span 2, former senator of missouri and first lady gene carnahan. if walls could talk, also a provisions list for the university of missouri's special collection. the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets on american history tv. >> at one time in
also, middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq, and the israel/palestinian peace process. part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend, hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation and watch our series "american artifacts" and learn which artifact teaches about the past. 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern...
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we have seen over the past few months tremendous leadership from secretary clinton and president obama calling for an aids-free generation with ambitious targets that are achievable, real-world, real lives. around the world we see leadership as the leading single predictor for whether a program will succeed or fail. to be blunt, look at south africa. what a dramatic turn around from denial to acceptance and leadership in addressing the hiv epidemic. i think we need to hold countries throughout the world accountable for continuing and achieving that leadership and in the u.s. we need to ensure there is not only the leadership that we have at the federal level but also at the state and local level where we are seeing states not treat people with hiv, seen localities step back from commitments they had prosecute and leadership at every level is the strongest predictor of success or failure of hiv and other public health programs. >> thank you. thank you so much for spending this time with us. please join me in thanking him. thank you very much. >> if you missed any of this event it is ava
we have seen over the past few months tremendous leadership from secretary clinton and president obama calling for an aids-free generation with ambitious targets that are achievable, real-world, real lives. around the world we see leadership as the leading single predictor for whether a program will succeed or fail. to be blunt, look at south africa. what a dramatic turn around from denial to acceptance and leadership in addressing the hiv epidemic. i think we need to hold countries throughout...
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we will also continue working with the obama administration to implement our joint beyond the border initiative. this is our plan to deepen our economic and security links to our most important partner. however, at the same time, we will make it a national priority to ensure we have the capacity to export our energy products beyond the united states and specifically to asia. in this regard, we will soon take action to ensure that major energy and mining projects are not subject to unnecessary regulatory delays. that is delay merely for the sake of delay. this compliments work we're already doing, and that we will move forward on with the canadian federation of independent business to cut the burden of red tape for entrepreneurs. we will also undertake significant reform of our immigration system. we will ensure that while we respect our humanitarian obligations and our family reunification objectives, we will make our economic and labor force needs the central goal of our immigration efforts in the future. as i said earlier, one of the backdrops for my concerns is canada's aging popu
we will also continue working with the obama administration to implement our joint beyond the border initiative. this is our plan to deepen our economic and security links to our most important partner. however, at the same time, we will make it a national priority to ensure we have the capacity to export our energy products beyond the united states and specifically to asia. in this regard, we will soon take action to ensure that major energy and mining projects are not subject to unnecessary...
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very excited, very high hopes for the obama administration. i myself rhodopes call the with the white house all about how the obama administration could embrace technology to open a real window into the goings on in the west wing and a policy is developed and all that stuff. obviously almost none of this happened. you know, these goals were not by any objective notion reached from the press secretary coming in on day one and treating the reporters just like his predecessor had, trying to fend off questions that were actually genuinely address and try to help explain was going on. from, you know, the a good date is still being, you know, and accessible. so obviously there were some friendly feelings toward these folks at first. still are. norman eisen was a great guy. but here obama, talking about obama having learned from the first four years and no longer negotiating before he goes. is there any thought that the community has learned here and enough -- that they are going to get past off because the crumbs are not enough anymore or are you gu
very excited, very high hopes for the obama administration. i myself rhodopes call the with the white house all about how the obama administration could embrace technology to open a real window into the goings on in the west wing and a policy is developed and all that stuff. obviously almost none of this happened. you know, these goals were not by any objective notion reached from the press secretary coming in on day one and treating the reporters just like his predecessor had, trying to fend...
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first of all, what sort of reaction to the european -- generally to the obama administration's decision to take two of the four combat brigades, army brigades out of europe. and what's the impact? >> i appreciate the opportunity to address that because i think we have been quite successful in explaining what was thinking. i've been in berlin, lithuania and copenhagen. to think about it even with people imagining it somehow we were reducing our presence in europe. the fact is those brigade combat teams have been fighting in southwest asia for the past decade. and the issue the defense department was rethinking was after this decade of heavy presence of spend iing hundredsf billions of dollars, what was the right posture to move forwa forward? and we have had the opportunity to explain this thinking to o our -- and moving forward even after the brigade combat teams even if they do not run, during
first of all, what sort of reaction to the european -- generally to the obama administration's decision to take two of the four combat brigades, army brigades out of europe. and what's the impact? >> i appreciate the opportunity to address that because i think we have been quite successful in explaining what was thinking. i've been in berlin, lithuania and copenhagen. to think about it even with people imagining it somehow we were reducing our presence in europe. the fact is those brigade...
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he spoke about race, politics and the obama administration. watch it online at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of politic and public affairs on your computer. >>> last month 100 germans gathered for a town hall meeting with angela merkel. she answered questions on germany's economy, national security and concerns over extremist groups. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, warm welcome to this first meeting with the chancellor and others. i'm glad that you came. and the chancellor, dr. angela merkel is going to be our host tonight. [ applause ] >> translator: mrs. chancellor, we want to talk today with the people, our guests and how we're going to live together in the future. it's a citizens dialog. i know that you always talk to the citizens. but the format is different. >> translator: first i'd like to thank you for coming and also for the ones who couldn't make it. we're going to change our roles today. here i came to listen to you. to hear your ideas. of course, it doesn't exclude that if
he spoke about race, politics and the obama administration. watch it online at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of politic and public affairs on your computer. >>> last month 100 germans gathered for a town hall meeting with angela merkel. she answered questions on germany's economy, national security and concerns over extremist groups. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, warm welcome to this first meeting with the chancellor...
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today we're going to be releasing our report that's illustrates the obama's administration commitment to tearing down barriers that women face in the workplace, in the marketplace, in order to drive america forward. and those of you watching online, you can find the report at whitehouse.gov. the obama administration has helped create more security and opportunity for women in america at every stage of their lives and career. beginning with our girls. and i'm delighted to see we have a few girls with us today. for example, the president's innovative race to the cop competition rewards schools that take steps to close the gaps between girls and boys in classes that prepare them for careers in science and technology and engineering and math. stem as we
today we're going to be releasing our report that's illustrates the obama's administration commitment to tearing down barriers that women face in the workplace, in the marketplace, in order to drive america forward. and those of you watching online, you can find the report at whitehouse.gov. the obama administration has helped create more security and opportunity for women in america at every stage of their lives and career. beginning with our girls. and i'm delighted to see we have a few girls...
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we talked to reporter fawn johnson about why account obama administration made the decision. >> fawn fawn johnson writes for national journal. why did the administration give some states waivers on the "no child left behind" law? >> it's part of the administration's we can't wait campaign. it was something that they've been discussing for over a year. they originally called it a plan b for no child left behind. the idea was to give states some sort of out to a provision in the law that requires all students to be at grade level in reading and math by 2014. 2014 is coming can up fast. there are some schools that won't make that deadline and obama wanted to give those states some abilities to come up with other school reforms while congress works out whatever problems that they might be having in rewriting the law. >> they gave the waivers to ten states. is it likely other states will follow suit and ask for the waivers as well? >> yes. when the administration first announced the plan which was last september, they offered up what they would call an advance for states who are ready to
we talked to reporter fawn johnson about why account obama administration made the decision. >> fawn fawn johnson writes for national journal. why did the administration give some states waivers on the "no child left behind" law? >> it's part of the administration's we can't wait campaign. it was something that they've been discussing for over a year. they originally called it a plan b for no child left behind. the idea was to give states some sort of out to a provision in...
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the obama administration's counterterrorism efforts, and some of the specific ways that today's justice department is working to protect the american people from terrorism and other urgent threats. before i welcome our speaker, i want to acknowledge and welcome several distinguished guests who are among us this afternoon. first joining us from the department of justice, are gary grinler chief and staff and counselor to the attorney general and former acting deputy attorney general. a proud northwestern law alum from the class of '76, and also an alumnus of northwestern's school of speech and now school of communication. we welcome gary back home. we also welcome stuart dellry, senior counsel to the attorney general and acting assistant attorney general for the civil division for the department of justice. gary shapiro, for the northern district of illinois, and christopher beech, deputy chief of the national security section of the u.s. attorney's office for the northern district of illinois. i'm also pleased to welcome northwestern university president, mr. shapiro, provost daniel wind
the obama administration's counterterrorism efforts, and some of the specific ways that today's justice department is working to protect the american people from terrorism and other urgent threats. before i welcome our speaker, i want to acknowledge and welcome several distinguished guests who are among us this afternoon. first joining us from the department of justice, are gary grinler chief and staff and counselor to the attorney general and former acting deputy attorney general. a proud...
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the house energy and subcommittee will look at the obama administration's decision to deny a permit for construction of the keystone oil pipeline. live coverage gets a started at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. on c-span 3, a congressional oversight hearing investigates the government's handling of fires that happened during some of the testing of the chevy volt electric vehicle and that gets started in one hour at 8:00 eastern. >> for more resources in the presidential race, use the campaign 2012 website to watch videos of candidates and the campaign trail. read the latest from candidates, political reporters, and people like you from social media sites at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> coming up in a moment, today's news and your reaction to last night's state of the union speech by the president's, live on "washington journal." the house will be in session at 9:00 a.m. eastern. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will officially handed her resignation to house leaders this morning. a number of members will come to the floor to talk about their colleagues. the arizona democrat was shot when
the house energy and subcommittee will look at the obama administration's decision to deny a permit for construction of the keystone oil pipeline. live coverage gets a started at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. on c-span 3, a congressional oversight hearing investigates the government's handling of fires that happened during some of the testing of the chevy volt electric vehicle and that gets started in one hour at 8:00 eastern. >> for more resources in the presidential race, use the...
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administratio administration, one subject the obama administration has talked a lot about. it's also a subject that has been criticized a lot about. and it's actually played -- i think -- at least surprising to me, surprisingly large role of visions of american power. surprisingly large role in the campaign. before i turn it over, introduce our panel and turn it over to them, i would like to announce that the compilation of all of these sets of 12 papers and responses is now available, and as of this week, has actually shown up. it's a volume called campaign 2012. some of these papers we've already had the events for. some of them we have not already had the events for, but we will be doing so over the next few remaining months of the campaign. the books are available at a table outside this hall, when you guys leave. and i hope you enjoy it. so to discuss today's subject, the main paper was written by bruce jones. who is a senior fellow in governance studies here, and at nyu, as well. and our response papers were written by homi karas also a fellow in global economy and de
administratio administration, one subject the obama administration has talked a lot about. it's also a subject that has been criticized a lot about. and it's actually played -- i think -- at least surprising to me, surprisingly large role of visions of american power. surprisingly large role in the campaign. before i turn it over, introduce our panel and turn it over to them, i would like to announce that the compilation of all of these sets of 12 papers and responses is now available, and as...
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the event was part of what the obama administration has designated as national consumer protection week. >> all right, well, thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. thank you all for being here today. my name is michael bresnick, director of the fraud task force, i would look to start out by thanking georgetown university law center for hosting this very special event that we have had and are having here today. for allowing so many leaders throughout the department of justice and in fact from more than 20 different federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and auflss as well as nine different consumer protection groups to gather together under one roof to talk about critical issues that affect millions of americans all across the country every day. four weeks go today, united states attorney general eric holder announced they yags y c of the consumer protection group, punctuating his commitment to preventing and prosecuting fraud against some of our most vulnerable citizens. during his time as attorney general, he has charged civil attorneys, and criminal prosecutors t
the event was part of what the obama administration has designated as national consumer protection week. >> all right, well, thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. thank you all for being here today. my name is michael bresnick, director of the fraud task force, i would look to start out by thanking georgetown university law center for hosting this very special event that we have had and are having here today. for allowing so many leaders throughout the department of justice and...
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at the beginning of the obama administration, he served at treasury, and then went back to princeton and was the backed by the president to become the chairman of the council of economic advisors, a position he assumed a year ago. we're pleased to have you here, and everybody wants to know one thing. are we going to fall off the fiscal cliff or not? what is the answer? >> the answer is that we should not, because these are solvable problems. we are working away at them. the president yesterday met with business leaders to discuss end-of-the-year issues, the fiscal cliff, also areas of concern to business. the day before he met with labor leaders, other leaders, and the president's approach has been clear all along. he is looking for a balanced solution, a solution that is balanced in terms of raising additional revenue, raised from the most fortunate top 2% income earners in the u.s., also reduces spending, so i think the president's position has been clear. these are solvable problems. we have them within our capacity to solve them. it is a matter of political will. >> let's talk ab
at the beginning of the obama administration, he served at treasury, and then went back to princeton and was the backed by the president to become the chairman of the council of economic advisors, a position he assumed a year ago. we're pleased to have you here, and everybody wants to know one thing. are we going to fall off the fiscal cliff or not? what is the answer? >> the answer is that we should not, because these are solvable problems. we are working away at them. the president...
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>> i was a few months into the beginning of the obama administration. some of the bosses at lumber came to me and said, we want you guys to cover the white house but we also want you to do more tv. they said, you will alternate. one week, you will be printed and work for the news wire. the other week, you will work for bloomberg television. i was on a foreign trip and they called me to tell me that. i think it was a speech. the exposure on bloomberg television really helped. in some ways, tv is out of my comfort zone. i like to be able to type and hit delete carried you do not have that ability on tv. once i started doing more tv, there were more opportunities to do those kinds of appearances. >> here you are in 2011 in a debate situation. you were there with how many other bloomberg people? >> the debate was, i was representing bloomberg and charlie rose was the moderator. >> this was a republican primary debate. [video clip] >> it is 2013. you're a's largest banks are on the verge of bankruptcy. the global financial system is on the brink. what would
>> i was a few months into the beginning of the obama administration. some of the bosses at lumber came to me and said, we want you guys to cover the white house but we also want you to do more tv. they said, you will alternate. one week, you will be printed and work for the news wire. the other week, you will work for bloomberg television. i was on a foreign trip and they called me to tell me that. i think it was a speech. the exposure on bloomberg television really helped. in some ways,...
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administration. do drone strikes make it less simple to the american people towns when these are secret and often done without really -- >> i won't talk about things i won't talk about from the podium, but i'll simply say the american people very much support the idea that our efforts in afghanistan, efforts that put the lives of american men and women in uniform at risk and well as other lives at risk, should be foeused primarily on disrupting, dismantling and defeating al qaeda. that is the policy objective that the president put into place, and -- and it's the right one, and it is the reason why we went to afghanistan in the first place. >> should it be supported if it's secret? >> again, i think you're conflating a bunch of things here that i -- i would love to tease them apart for you and i'm happy to do that at another time, but i think the president -- the president's policy objective of defeating al qaeda is -- is one that does have the support of the american people. >> one more, jay. on the
administration. do drone strikes make it less simple to the american people towns when these are secret and often done without really -- >> i won't talk about things i won't talk about from the podium, but i'll simply say the american people very much support the idea that our efforts in afghanistan, efforts that put the lives of american men and women in uniform at risk and well as other lives at risk, should be foeused primarily on disrupting, dismantling and defeating al qaeda. that is...
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the obama administration has focused on fixing failing schools and there has been a laser focus on effectiveness in treating -- teaching. the mitt romney campaign has little interest in proving schools -- in improving schools as well. providing vouchers for parents. neither side is recognizing those reforms will be far less successful of children are given a poor foundation in the first place. if kids are growing up in an popper's conditions and have little access to the rich, curiosity driven conversations they need in those young couriers, those reforms will not go anywhere. until we start getting serious about the problem we're talking about today. schools will put up lots of resources. we really need children to be of enormous with theirs focus of flexible thinking, deeper background knowledge in multiple subject matters and the way they're integrated into today's world. wouldn't it be smarter as thinking of them as education dollars? our investment as a country, wouldn't it be smarter to use those investments to be fought loading? to make sure that we are setting children up to succeed in t
the obama administration has focused on fixing failing schools and there has been a laser focus on effectiveness in treating -- teaching. the mitt romney campaign has little interest in proving schools -- in improving schools as well. providing vouchers for parents. neither side is recognizing those reforms will be far less successful of children are given a poor foundation in the first place. if kids are growing up in an popper's conditions and have little access to the rich, curiosity driven...
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under the obama administration of red tape and endless government studies have discouraged new federal permitting. the energy renaissance we heard of today is taking place almost exclusively on private lands. we have a chart to be able to note how 96% of the new production that is occurring is occurring on private land, rather than on public land that is a loss of royalties and a loss of lease to the american taxpayers. based on new regulations issued last month, it appears this trend of underutilization of federal lands will continue and may also be push and spread into private lands as well. the department of the interior through the bureau of land management just proposed sweeping regulations of hydraulic fracturing on federal and indian lands that duplicate state regulations and threaten the decades old primacy. the federal government is in any better position to regulate fracking than the states and blm did not claim the states are not doing a good job. the president's blm merely asserts they are proposing the regulation on the basis of public concern. ironically, this public conc
under the obama administration of red tape and endless government studies have discouraged new federal permitting. the energy renaissance we heard of today is taking place almost exclusively on private lands. we have a chart to be able to note how 96% of the new production that is occurring is occurring on private land, rather than on public land that is a loss of royalties and a loss of lease to the american taxpayers. based on new regulations issued last month, it appears this trend of...
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barack obama was not the president. we have come a long way since then. the federal response has pulled the coming back from the brink. i believe president obama deserves considerable credit for the part he played in that success. as i noted in the fourth quarter of 2008, the economy contracted at a rate of almost 9%. positive economic growth returned in the third quarter of 2009. we have had 10 consecutive quarters of positive growth. we see a similar picture with respect to private sector job growth. in january 2009 the economy lost more than 800,000 private sector jobs. private sector job growth returned in march 2010 and we have now had 23 consecutive months of growth. this is a result of a fiscal policy that got america back on track. it is the policy of president obama. he can be proud of it. he deserves a good deal of credit for this recovery. we would like to see stronger growth and more job creation. although unemployment has come down is still too high. the slow pace of this recovery is not unexpected. -- the economists have found that following
barack obama was not the president. we have come a long way since then. the federal response has pulled the coming back from the brink. i believe president obama deserves considerable credit for the part he played in that success. as i noted in the fourth quarter of 2008, the economy contracted at a rate of almost 9%. positive economic growth returned in the third quarter of 2009. we have had 10 consecutive quarters of positive growth. we see a similar picture with respect to private sector job...
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. >>> the obama administration's budget request for the state department next year totals $52 billion. the slight increase over this year. secretary of state hillary clinton testified before the house foreign affairs committee recently about the budget and u.s. foreign policy. this is two and a half hours. >>> the meeting will come to order. because the secretary must leave at 4:00 after opening remarks, i will ask the secretary to summarize her testimony and then we will move directly to the questions from our members. given the vote situation the ranking member will be recognized to deliver his opening remarks, if we are going to be interrupted by votes but here you are and there's no problem. i want to give my remarks and then yours because you were going to be -- without objection members may have five days to submit questions for the record. madam secretary, welcome back to the committee to discuss the administration's foreign relations budget request. all of us have great respect for you, madam secretary, our nation faces unsustainable deficits so we must justify every dollar we
. >>> the obama administration's budget request for the state department next year totals $52 billion. the slight increase over this year. secretary of state hillary clinton testified before the house foreign affairs committee recently about the budget and u.s. foreign policy. this is two and a half hours. >>> the meeting will come to order. because the secretary must leave at 4:00 after opening remarks, i will ask the secretary to summarize her testimony and then we will move...
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the obama administration has filed to believe untreated brief that says maybe. it says that at least when it comes to a suit like this one guy which involves an allegation by foreigners, against a foreign other than a conspiracy allegedly appalling nigerian government that have been entirely overseas, that the statute should not reread to apply. walking back, there are positions sometimes they apply to overseas territorial conduct. so it is not clear what kind of supreme court will draw. they differ a lot to the position in cases like this because they involve the foreign affairs relationship that the united states and certainly will be important. it seems unlikely they will prevail in the supreme court on this allegation, but it is an important controversy that a lot of companies face. not a lot, but a figure amount of companies face human rights lawsuits and this is going to be the supreme court case that decides whether it's going to go forward. the supreme court is going to also take a d. out those of the famous wal-mart versus dukes case. wal-mart was most
the obama administration has filed to believe untreated brief that says maybe. it says that at least when it comes to a suit like this one guy which involves an allegation by foreigners, against a foreign other than a conspiracy allegedly appalling nigerian government that have been entirely overseas, that the statute should not reread to apply. walking back, there are positions sometimes they apply to overseas territorial conduct. so it is not clear what kind of supreme court will draw. they...
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three years after the obama administration bailed out the giant, general motors is firing on all cylinders and posted its most profitable year ever. it paid back half of the $50 billion it received. but the 30% stake in the company could be seen as a financial and political liability. over the next hour, we will discuss this american comeback story as well as gas prices and fuel economy and the move to electric cars. along the the way, we will include questions from the audience here at the commonwealth club in san francisco. mr. akerson was head of global buyout at an equity firm in washington d.c. he was ceo of general industry. please join me in welcoming dan akerson to climate one. [ applause ] >> dan, thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> gm has had a good year. where is it now and where are you taking the company in years ahead? >> we had the best year we ever had in the history. we posted record profits. i hope that is not the last applause i get. >> depends on profits next year. >> you are only as good as last quarter. where are we today? you know, i had been ceo of a couple of co
three years after the obama administration bailed out the giant, general motors is firing on all cylinders and posted its most profitable year ever. it paid back half of the $50 billion it received. but the 30% stake in the company could be seen as a financial and political liability. over the next hour, we will discuss this american comeback story as well as gas prices and fuel economy and the move to electric cars. along the the way, we will include questions from the audience here at the...
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the fact that the obama administration is even digfying this request let alone actively considering it is scandalous but symptomatic. next slide. this is one of my favorite pictures. it's, of course -- next slide, if we can there. it's really not captioned what's left of our counterintelligence capabilities in the fbi but it should be because now we have the muslim brotherhood telling us what we can know, what we can train to, who we can use as trainers. did you know that? 700 documents have been shredded under mr. muller's direction. 300 briefings because they might give offense to the muslim brotherhood and now we're consulting with them about making sure we don't do this. this would be, and i'm of a certain age and certain of you are, like having the kgb telling us what we can know and think and do about soviet communism. it's madness. next slide. this gentleman, of course, you're familiar with, but did you know he was involved in workplace violence? yes. that's the finding of a report that's been tried in connection with that kind of thing, killing 14 of our countrymen and wounding
the fact that the obama administration is even digfying this request let alone actively considering it is scandalous but symptomatic. next slide. this is one of my favorite pictures. it's, of course -- next slide, if we can there. it's really not captioned what's left of our counterintelligence capabilities in the fbi but it should be because now we have the muslim brotherhood telling us what we can know, what we can train to, who we can use as trainers. did you know that? 700 documents have...
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what are the likely international ramifications of the obama administration's approach to missile defense, particularly in europe? to address this question we have three talented and highly qualified experts. to my immediate left is michael not, recently returned from the post in the obama administration as assistant secretary of defense for global security. on my far right dean wilkining and form area technical director of stansell sisak. the doctor has published and spoken widely on bmd. and in the middle is professors theodore postal, professor of science, technology, and national security at m.i.t. ted has also published and spoken widely on this subject. each will speak for about 15 to 20 minutes. hopefully without interruption, unless there's an absolute fit of brilliance that grips, one of us, myself included. this will be followed by 30 minutes of clarification among the speakers where the goal, unlike the recent presidential debates, will be to inform the audience, not to disparage the speaker. then will will be time for q and a, questions and answers, from the audience. and i wi
what are the likely international ramifications of the obama administration's approach to missile defense, particularly in europe? to address this question we have three talented and highly qualified experts. to my immediate left is michael not, recently returned from the post in the obama administration as assistant secretary of defense for global security. on my far right dean wilkining and form area technical director of stansell sisak. the doctor has published and spoken widely on bmd. and...
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comments for david pietrusza live at noon eastern on "in depth" and also a middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq and the israeli/palestinian peace process. that's sunday night at 9:00, part of "book-tv" this weekend on c-span 2. >>> next, a conversation on the $500 billion in automatic pentagon budget cuts that are scheduled to begin next january. a panel looks what the those spending cuts could mean for u.s. priorities. from the brookings institution, this is an hour and ten minutes. >> i'm peter singer. i'm very excited to welcome you all back to this discussion on sequestration and the nation's defense. as i wrote about in a recent article in politico, i'm a bit frustrated by a strange thing that's happening in defense politics today. now, rather than focusing on the very compromise of both, and i'll say the word, tax rather than revenue, and -- and entitlement reform, that the congressional supercommittee was intended to force. the discourt out there in defense discussions seemed to be a cross between two strategies. one is a de
comments for david pietrusza live at noon eastern on "in depth" and also a middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq and the israeli/palestinian peace process. that's sunday night at 9:00, part of "book-tv" this weekend on c-span 2. >>> next, a conversation on the $500 billion in automatic pentagon budget cuts that are scheduled to begin next january. a panel looks what the those spending cuts could mean for u.s....
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the obama administration went to work. one of the most successful examples of diplomacy i have seen, the obama administration pulled out all its lobbying, we
the obama administration went to work. one of the most successful examples of diplomacy i have seen, the obama administration pulled out all its lobbying, we
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the obama administration has run away from its earlier incendiary rhetoric suggesting this is about racial profiling. it's clear to me this is a political lawsuit, that the administration says this lock conflicts with its political parties and has to be thrown out by the court. but that is not to the way our constitution works or how our federal system works. the court will rule in favor of 1070, at least. the provisions least that thank you. >> the supreme court will decide arizona oppose immigration case later in the term. you can listen to the oral argument friday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. for more information, go to c- span.org. >> this year's studentcam competition asks students across the country what part of the constitution was important to them and why. today's first prize winner in high school selected article 1. patents and copyrights is one of the essential powers given to the federal government in our nation's founding. >> one of the enumerated powers of the congress, patent laws. >> whenever i'm working on a video project, copyright it is important. this goes back
the obama administration has run away from its earlier incendiary rhetoric suggesting this is about racial profiling. it's clear to me this is a political lawsuit, that the administration says this lock conflicts with its political parties and has to be thrown out by the court. but that is not to the way our constitution works or how our federal system works. the court will rule in favor of 1070, at least. the provisions least that thank you. >> the supreme court will decide arizona...
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in the obama administration, we have elevated religious freedom as a diplomatic priority. together with governments, international organizations, and civil society, we have work to shape and implement united nations human rights council resolution 1618. it seeks to protect people under attack or discriminated against because of their faith. we raised these issues at the highest levels of international settings. i personally have discussed religious freedom in every region of the world, sometimes over and over again. we have appointed our first envoy to the organization of islamic cooperation. we have launched a strategic dialogue with civil society, in which we collaborate with religious leaders to promote religious freedom, a conflict prevention, and mitigation, and development center-religious dialogue. it includes a foreign policy working group that has provided concrete recommendations on how we can strengthen our approach to religious freedom and engagement with religious communities. beyond diplomacy, we expanded our assistance to individuals under attack because of
in the obama administration, we have elevated religious freedom as a diplomatic priority. together with governments, international organizations, and civil society, we have work to shape and implement united nations human rights council resolution 1618. it seeks to protect people under attack or discriminated against because of their faith. we raised these issues at the highest levels of international settings. i personally have discussed religious freedom in every region of the world,...
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and under this administration, under president obama, we have seen record deficits and a record debt accumulate, and yet he keeps demanding that we raise taxes to pay for more spending. this will only hurt our economy. ernst and young has done an analysis of the president's proposal and said it will cost several hundreds thousands of jobs. there is a better way and the speaker has laid it out. it is an approach that calls for tax reform by reforming the tax code and passing responsible spending cuts in order to get our fiscal house in order. that's what america wants. the big things. this is our moment to provide that leadership that america desperately wants and we stand here ready to take the action necessary. >> the american people are hurting right now and now is the moment where we need to step up to the plate and solve the problem. i don't know how any of us can look our kids and grandkids in the eye and explain to them that we aren't willing to pay for the things we are enjoying today but just going to send them the bill. that's why republicans have the proposal on the table t
and under this administration, under president obama, we have seen record deficits and a record debt accumulate, and yet he keeps demanding that we raise taxes to pay for more spending. this will only hurt our economy. ernst and young has done an analysis of the president's proposal and said it will cost several hundreds thousands of jobs. there is a better way and the speaker has laid it out. it is an approach that calls for tax reform by reforming the tax code and passing responsible spending...
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administration and a gingrich administration, i look forward very much to working with you, as was said earlier, i have a long history of working with the israel, i look forward seeing you all in the up coming campaign. thank you, very, very much. [ applause ] mr. speaker, we do in fact have time for a question or two, i would like to pose this one. can you elaborate on the ways in which, beyond specifically the threat to israel, you see a nuclear capable iran threatening the broad range of u.s. security interests around the world? >> well, let me say, first of all, i think a nuclear armed pakistan and iran are both threats because either one could have factions which leak nook lar weapons to terrorists, they can have a bomb in a cargo ship, they can have a bomb in a truck that crosses the border, there are a variety of ways to deliver bombs, we have to be planning on the fear and the legitimate fear that we could have not 3100 dead, but 30 thousand dead. we warned about it in the hart-redman report, before the attack on 9/11 and after three years of study, it said the greatest threat o
administration and a gingrich administration, i look forward very much to working with you, as was said earlier, i have a long history of working with the israel, i look forward seeing you all in the up coming campaign. thank you, very, very much. [ applause ] mr. speaker, we do in fact have time for a question or two, i would like to pose this one. can you elaborate on the ways in which, beyond specifically the threat to israel, you see a nuclear capable iran threatening the broad range of...
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one of the uncomfortable truths i lay out in this book is that the obama administration wanted to bring the 9/11 suspects, all foreign born, to a federal court in new york city where they would have the presumption of innocence and full constitutional rights like any american citizen. yet they took an american citizen, the cleric anwar al awlaki, and they put him on a kill or capture list effectively making the government judge an executioner for one of its own citizens without any due process. and i'm the first person to say that anwar al awlaki was a you know what. he was a bad guy. i think the threshold has to be pretty high for an american citizen. they killed anwar al awlaki in september. there has never been a public accounting of the evidence that this administration used to make that determination. i'm sure there is evidence, but if you want a bill consensus for this strategy in the future, you want to tell the public that it's not an arbitrary decision when the u.s. government kills one of its own citizens. what i also lay out in that chapter is there have been a half dozen cas
one of the uncomfortable truths i lay out in this book is that the obama administration wanted to bring the 9/11 suspects, all foreign born, to a federal court in new york city where they would have the presumption of innocence and full constitutional rights like any american citizen. yet they took an american citizen, the cleric anwar al awlaki, and they put him on a kill or capture list effectively making the government judge an executioner for one of its own citizens without any due process....
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obama administration. so, i'm interested to know and i think people here -- >> it is important to point out that during the campaign, both senator obama and senator mccain, candidates, endorsed our issue. it wasn't an issue in the campaign. >> i think people would be interested to know two things. what do you all plan to do in coming months to keep your initiative moving? and secondly, what can people like those who have come out this evening to hear about this and think about it, what can they do to deal with these issues and reduce the threats that we face? let me start this with senator nunn. >> on the question of what the public can do, i think we have a couple of film out that i think -- you can get them on our web site. last best chance is the film about nuclear terrorism. "nuclear tipping point" is one where we are discussing like we are tonight with henry kissinger. those are available on the nti.org web site. i think the public needs to get familiar with these issues as hard as it is to think abou
obama administration. so, i'm interested to know and i think people here -- >> it is important to point out that during the campaign, both senator obama and senator mccain, candidates, endorsed our issue. it wasn't an issue in the campaign. >> i think people would be interested to know two things. what do you all plan to do in coming months to keep your initiative moving? and secondly, what can people like those who have come out this evening to hear about this and think about it,...
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i do not think the obama administration wanted to do this. i do not think anyone wanted to bail out detroit, but it had to happen for there to be economic stability at that juncture. since then, you have seen all three u.s. automakers improve. they have steady themselves financially. they're pulling profit. they've added 250,000 jobs since june. it is a question of jobs versus money. the money is real. the loss is real. it is something to be concerned about. the white house and other pundits believe that when balanced against the jobs saved, it was worth it. host: what is the difference between what is going on at gm and chrysler? guest: the bailout packages were sharply different. gm got cash. chrysler was laden with debt, dollars and 7.6 billion in loans from the u.s. and canadian governments. that matters because chrysler was paying exorbitant interest rates on those loans. when they were coming out of bankruptcy, it undercut their ability to post profit. as a results, they did not have the balance sheet restructuring. chrysler had to make
i do not think the obama administration wanted to do this. i do not think anyone wanted to bail out detroit, but it had to happen for there to be economic stability at that juncture. since then, you have seen all three u.s. automakers improve. they have steady themselves financially. they're pulling profit. they've added 250,000 jobs since june. it is a question of jobs versus money. the money is real. the loss is real. it is something to be concerned about. the white house and other pundits...
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beaird but he was speaking at the obama administration would look at over to the start and really gaining traction and i was wondering if you could clarify that. and second, mr. beaird, u.s. said that with countries in the member states that everyone was fearful of losing their sovereignty and do something they wanted to protect. however, when i read "the wall street journal" piece, u.s. said that -- and losing my train of thought now, that it seemed like there is almost a majority of member countries that were lacking in today's itr regulation and based on other treaties that have been the u.n. does not exceed a been seven or eight countries short are looking to make these changes to itr is. so was wondering if you could expand on those. >> first of all, thank you for the question. % off is for? [inaudible] >> okay, great. i had an 800 op-ed in the journal, which is a statement of fact staying ahead of delegation had been appointed. there is as much if not more could turn that also premise that tour or nongovernmental entities had not really organize themselves. i was in europe, london a
beaird but he was speaking at the obama administration would look at over to the start and really gaining traction and i was wondering if you could clarify that. and second, mr. beaird, u.s. said that with countries in the member states that everyone was fearful of losing their sovereignty and do something they wanted to protect. however, when i read "the wall street journal" piece, u.s. said that -- and losing my train of thought now, that it seemed like there is almost a majority of...
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. >> i'll give real credit to the obama administration. they been very good on investment. president obama was the first democrat in 30 years without an open investments. why? because foreign direct investment to the u.s. creates jobs that are disproportionately export oriented, disproportionately manufacturing oriented, and our 50% more likely to be unionized. this is capital we should be fighting for. i think we need to approach in the second obama term with the second -- same degree with confidence going to the point michael me. i think the world agree to engage with us. angela merkel proposed the free trade agreement in her speech issue. i think we should pick up on that and go for it. there's a trans-pacific partnership being negotiated out in asia, chinese are not part of the negotiation but they follow it very, very closely. let's just proceed with confidence because i think people want us to. >> you mentioned china, thank goodness. can't have a discussion with out china. jonathan and i were in china this year. everywhere we went jonathan doggedly woodpaneled the chi
. >> i'll give real credit to the obama administration. they been very good on investment. president obama was the first democrat in 30 years without an open investments. why? because foreign direct investment to the u.s. creates jobs that are disproportionately export oriented, disproportionately manufacturing oriented, and our 50% more likely to be unionized. this is capital we should be fighting for. i think we need to approach in the second obama term with the second -- same degree...
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it would have been an act of negligence and recklessness for the obama administration to approve a permanent for a pipeline that would cut through the heart of the country when the policy makers have not even identified the most appropriate route for the pipeline to go through. while the language the republicans had in their initial effort to force the administration to come up with a decision was -- within 60 days of enactment of the middle class. tax extension was ill considered and irresponsible, i must say the language in this new bill, which was transferring the decision to a different ending -- completely inexperienced agency requires commission to make a decision within 30 days or the project will be automatically approved -- this is even more irrational and irresponsible. the separate -- the assistant secretary of state says the decision was based on the fact that the exact route of the pipeline has yet to be identified in critical areas. as a result, there are unresolved concerns for a full range of issues, including energy insecurity, foreign- policy, economic problems, health safe
it would have been an act of negligence and recklessness for the obama administration to approve a permanent for a pipeline that would cut through the heart of the country when the policy makers have not even identified the most appropriate route for the pipeline to go through. while the language the republicans had in their initial effort to force the administration to come up with a decision was -- within 60 days of enactment of the middle class. tax extension was ill considered and...
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the obama administration has run away from its earlier rhetoric suggesting this was about racial profiling. it is clear to me that this was a political lawsuit. it conflicts with their political priorities and what it to be thrown out by the court, but that is not the way our constitution works, that is not the way our the federal system works. the court was clear and they will role in our favor on sb1070. thank you. >> this week on "newsmakers," our guest is the postmaster general. there are retirement sentence -- incentive suggested for workers and the suggestion that saturday delivery will be ended if they cannot cut costs in a few years. >> he is the only one to ever escaped from camp 14. >> his first memory from the age of four was going to his mother to a place near where he grew up in the camp to what somebody get shot. public executions in the camp were held every few weeks. they were a way of punishing people who violate the camp rules and of terrorizing the 40,000 people who live in the camp to obey the rules from then on. >> tonight, blaine harden on society and civilization at
the obama administration has run away from its earlier rhetoric suggesting this was about racial profiling. it is clear to me that this was a political lawsuit. it conflicts with their political priorities and what it to be thrown out by the court, but that is not the way our constitution works, that is not the way our the federal system works. the court was clear and they will role in our favor on sb1070. thank you. >> this week on "newsmakers," our guest is the postmaster...
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today, a look at the obama administration's aid to the auto industry. the former lead adviser on the auto industry will be live, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span 3. this month, as the presidential candidates meet for debate, we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the presidency. students will answer the question, what is the most important issue the president should consider in 2013? there is a grand prize of $25,000. -- $5,000. for complete details and rules, go online to studentcam.org. >> in a foreign-policy speech, mr. khamenei said that president obama is a passive in the middle east chris it is time to change course in the regent. -- region. foreign policy will be the focus of the third presidential debate on october 22nd. this is 30 minutes. congressman goodlatte has been a tremendous supporter of the men and women in uniform. since its founding in 89, this institution has been incredibly dedicated to the cause of honor and service. vmi has produced some of the finest officers that the military has known during
today, a look at the obama administration's aid to the auto industry. the former lead adviser on the auto industry will be live, starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern, on c-span 3. this month, as the presidential candidates meet for debate, we are asking middle and high school students to send a message to the presidency. students will answer the question, what is the most important issue the president should consider in 2013? there is a grand prize of $25,000. -- $5,000. for complete details and...
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demonstrated, i'll venture a guess that your guess today will not say, admit that obama's behavior by sending our troops into other countries and the fiscal irresponsibility of his administration is also despicable. >> fred's making assumptions about us that simply aren't accurate. our judgments about filibuster reform are designed to imply to both parties, whichever party happens to be in the majority. we don't do away with it, but we, in our recommendations, put the burden on those who would insist on denying the ability to bring a nomination or a piece of legislation to the floor and kill it. so safety valve for major issues ought to be retained in the senate, and if -- if republicans control the government and the sort of beneficiaries of then of a reformed filibuster, that's just fine. i think the system will be working better. as far as the euphemisms that exist, yeah, we do say cut the rate of increase, because increases happen in budgets as the population grows, as inflation wracks up additional costs. that's a reality. that's a reality, and, therefore, if our concern is with
demonstrated, i'll venture a guess that your guess today will not say, admit that obama's behavior by sending our troops into other countries and the fiscal irresponsibility of his administration is also despicable. >> fred's making assumptions about us that simply aren't accurate. our judgments about filibuster reform are designed to imply to both parties, whichever party happens to be in the majority. we don't do away with it, but we, in our recommendations, put the burden on those who...
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we see him with erosion in the early part of the obama administration but that really has not held and here we are again a recent fox news poll from june 7, just last week, 2012, shows that while romney has better standing on the economy, if you look at the last paragraph it says obama is trusted more on first education but then terrorism, 13 points over romney. foreign policy 11 points over romney. this is the first time in recent memory where a presidential candidate on the democratic side is walking into re-election with the democrats having a better perception on national security than the repca
we see him with erosion in the early part of the obama administration but that really has not held and here we are again a recent fox news poll from june 7, just last week, 2012, shows that while romney has better standing on the economy, if you look at the last paragraph it says obama is trusted more on first education but then terrorism, 13 points over romney. foreign policy 11 points over romney. this is the first time in recent memory where a presidential candidate on the democratic side is...
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we'll talk about the obama administration with rebecca wilkins and we'll talk with loren steffy on the oil and gas development in the gulf of mexico. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012]
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president obama says the choice is whether you what my administration to have four more years -- when i came in we were losing 800,000 jobs a month, i had to stop the slide and depression, it continued for a year, we put a floor under it, and we are building the base of prosperity. romney says we messed it up, he did not fix it, throw him out, put us back in. and when you ask any question, he says see me about that after the election you have to understand. i am a jobs guy. i am a jobs guy. i am and jobs guy. i am a jobs guy. what about this, see me after the election? would you have signed the lily ledbetter equal pay law? no answer. he could not even say whether he would sign a law that is already on the books. why? no, what he wants to do is convince the moderate voters that he is a new man without explicitly disemboweling a single solitary commitment he made in the two years he said he was severe conservative mitt romney. now, he says i know people are upset, i know the economy is not back, and he discovered that middle-class incomes were flat and declining against inflation. anyb
president obama says the choice is whether you what my administration to have four more years -- when i came in we were losing 800,000 jobs a month, i had to stop the slide and depression, it continued for a year, we put a floor under it, and we are building the base of prosperity. romney says we messed it up, he did not fix it, throw him out, put us back in. and when you ask any question, he says see me about that after the election you have to understand. i am a jobs guy. i am a jobs guy. i...
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and 8 of those 23 companies had close ties to the obama administration. so while we have to focus on earmarks, we have got to do exactly what congressman flake talked about and hold these agencies accountable for the goofy spending and the goofy programs that ner promoting. and i know that tom and his organization will be on top of that effort as well. i just want to commend everyone involved in this effort and celebrate the progress that we are beginning to make. and with that i'll yield back. >> thank you, congressman jordan. and of course we are wel are that earmarks are not the only examples of wasteful spending. plenty of work to do when they're hopefully eliminated. next we have dr. tom price who is the chairman of the republican policy committee. >> thanks, tom. and thanks so much for the incredible work that cagw has done over the last 21 years to make this book small. i remember when i was in the state senate this book was a different shape but it was also a whole lot thicker. and if you look at these charts over here, you'll see that this is the
and 8 of those 23 companies had close ties to the obama administration. so while we have to focus on earmarks, we have got to do exactly what congressman flake talked about and hold these agencies accountable for the goofy spending and the goofy programs that ner promoting. and i know that tom and his organization will be on top of that effort as well. i just want to commend everyone involved in this effort and celebrate the progress that we are beginning to make. and with that i'll yield back....
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. >> the obama administration came down with the policy that said in her program, she cannot teach abstinence as a preferable way of avoiding out of wedlock births. and she can't talk about marriage. she can't talk about marriage as anything other than an alternative life style that's no better or no worse than any other life style. my question is, why? >> when the president adopts the stimulus package of hundreds of billions of dollars that nobody has read, and then discovers to his great surprise two years later as he himself put it that the shovel-ready jobs weren't shovel-ready and the stimulus fails but leaves us $800 million deeper in debt, at some point, he has to take responsibility, that was his plan, his proposal. it failed. >> candidates meet with voters to get their message out. >> thank you. >> after the polls close saturday evening, we'll show you the results from south carolina along with candidate speeches and your phone calls. >>> coming up, food's news, your e-mails and calls. live on this morning's washington journal. later this morning, more from the conference of mayors i
. >> the obama administration came down with the policy that said in her program, she cannot teach abstinence as a preferable way of avoiding out of wedlock births. and she can't talk about marriage. she can't talk about marriage as anything other than an alternative life style that's no better or no worse than any other life style. my question is, why? >> when the president adopts the stimulus package of hundreds of billions of dollars that nobody has read, and then discovers to...
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they decided 9-0 that president obama was wrong. [applause] just this last week, this same administration said that churches in the institutions they run such as schools and let's say adoption agencies and hospitals, that they have to provide for them -- their employees fear in charge contraceptives, morning after pills -- abortive pills, and the like at no cost think what that does to people who do not share those views. this is a violation of conscience. we must have a president was willing to protect americans first right, a right to worship god according to the dictates of our own conscience. [applause] the creator and data with certain unalienable rights including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. you guys know that one. by the way, for these high- school and college students, and college students here? one. for these high school and college students, i hope you don't gloss over that phrase, ' the pursuit of happiness." what happened with the founding documents was the belief that we would not be limited in our pursu
they decided 9-0 that president obama was wrong. [applause] just this last week, this same administration said that churches in the institutions they run such as schools and let's say adoption agencies and hospitals, that they have to provide for them -- their employees fear in charge contraceptives, morning after pills -- abortive pills, and the like at no cost think what that does to people who do not share those views. this is a violation of conscience. we must have a president was willing...
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the dodd-frank act, another obama administration initiative, gives a sector of the treasury the power to seize any financial firms, bank, finance company, hedge funds, insurance company. if he thinks it will fail and turned over to the fbi for -- the fdic for liquidation. if the country disagrees the secretary can go to court and compel compliance by the court has one day to make that decision. one day. and if it doesn't decide in that time, the company is turned over for liquidation to the fdic by operation of law. stays and injunctions are not allowed under the law, and it's a felony for anyone to disclose that the secretary asked for courts order. all these elements seem to violate the fifth amendment's prohibition on taking property without due process, and the first amendment's guarantee of free speech. the free speech issue in particular brings us to the record of our speaker, this morning, senator mitch mcconnell, republican from kentucky, and the senate minority leader. in article this past january in the atlantic magazine, not intended of course to be complementary to senator
the dodd-frank act, another obama administration initiative, gives a sector of the treasury the power to seize any financial firms, bank, finance company, hedge funds, insurance company. if he thinks it will fail and turned over to the fbi for -- the fdic for liquidation. if the country disagrees the secretary can go to court and compel compliance by the court has one day to make that decision. one day. and if it doesn't decide in that time, the company is turned over for liquidation to the...